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ABSTRCT: The present study has explored about teaching aptitude of in-service teacher trainees in-service teacher trainees in relation to their intelligence, gender and locality. A representative sample of 200 in-service teacher trainees from B.Ed. colleges of Raichur district was randomly selected. Teaching aptitude scale (2002) by L.C. Singh and Dahiya and test of general intelligence (2012) by S.K.Pal & K.S.Mishra were used to measure teaching aptitude and general intelligence of in-service teacher trainees. The study depicts that there is significant difference in teaching aptitude between high intelligent and low intelligent in-service teacher trainees revealing that high intelligent group have high teaching aptitude than low intelligent group. While teaching aptitude has no relevance with the gender of the individual but on the other hand teaching his/her affect aptitude of an individual family background or his/her place of living.